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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

From the “long shot but worth a try” files, Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking tens of millions of dollars from container shipping lines, claiming the carriers willfully abandoned service commitments at the height of supply-chain turbulence to reap enormous profits from the market turmoil.

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

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Innovative Approaches to Supply Chain Risk

Kinaxis

This scenario played out for thousands of companies after the Japan earthquake, the Thailand floods and numerous other smaller scale disasters. Efficiency programs like lean drove us to reduce suppliers and cut inventory. Your heart sinks as you pick up the phone to call your boss…. Think this is a pretty unlikely scenario?

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The Dangers of Single Sourcing in Your Supply Chain

Resilinc

This provides benefits like shorter transportation times and improved inventory efficiency. The benefits of reshoring include more control over the supply chain, lower shipping costs, and increased adaptability to market changes. Key countries that businesses are moving to include India, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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How Pure Storage Withstood the Pandemic

Logistics Viewpoints

Shipping of finished products is done from the manufacturing sites. To support this level of responsiveness Pure Storage has more than 200 depots around the world that carry field service inventory. And when it looked like a lock down might be imminent, they rushed even more inventory in. The Pure Storage Supply Chain.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. A virus in China disrupts auto manufacturing in Detroit , or a flood in Thailand takes out a cluster of research and production facilities. Build relationships with your 3PL for capacity and alternative shipping solutions.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Morgan indicated in part: “ An improving orders-to-inventory ratio and upward momentum in both new export business and employment all suggest the underlying dynamics of the manufacturing sector are also moving in the right direction. Meanwhile the related S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI® posted a slight increase, rising to 47.5